Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-10-01
I HE MASKING.
TRADES UNIONS DlSGRACED
BY THEIR DELEGATES.
An Eyentful Meeting of the New York
Central Labor Union-li0nest
Labor in the Majority
Few Retire. ScOrncd.
Useless Efforts.

When it comes to the scratch the
radical, i. e., ordinary, honest men,
are in solid majority in the New
York Central Labor Union. Meth
cr the sophistry of a George nor the
honest innocence of a McGlynn is
strong enough blind their eyes to
hard facts. llcoler Croasdale and
other democratic converts" y have
been trying their level best to injurc
New lork's two labor papers, The
LeaC(er and the GOldSaeitung, and ac-
tually threatened to have these two
staunch allies of Organized Labor
repudiated by the Central Labor
Union. They are probably satisfied
now, that this cannot be done. Still,
in their blind fury, some of the
Georgeites-not all, fortunately-ac-
tually opposed resolutions protesting
against the proposed judicial murder
of the Chicago anarchists" The
resolutions were signed by Samuel
Gompors, President of the American
Federation of Labor; James Il.
Quinn, Master Workman District
Assembly 40, X. of H.; Martin A.
llanley, Master Workman District
Assembly 1877; Frank Fcrrel, Ec-
centric Engineers Association; Ed
ward King, Everett Glacking, Prcsi-
dent Typographical Union, No. 6;
Henry Enrich, Secretary Furniture
Workers International Union; Ed
ward Finklestone, President Jour
neymcn BARRIERS Union; Tom
O'Reilly, Master Workman Tele-
graphcrs' National District Assembly
45; Matthew Barr, President Tin
and Sheet-iron Workers Union;
Frederick laIIer, Cigarmakers'
Union, No. 10; Geo. II. McVey,
President United Piano Makers
Union; A. G. johnson, Industrial
League.
Such representative and even
conservative organizations of labor
certainly would seem to preclude any
anarchistic tendency on their part.
Still, u &c tain James McKim, of
Lodge ID, American Carpenters and
Joincrs, had the eifrontery to de-
nounce the men who wanted Justice
done us foreigners " This certain
ly was laughable, coming from such
a source.
To the honor of the Central Labor
Union be it said that the opposition
was small minority, and some of
those delegates will have to account
for their behavior to their unions.
They left the hall, and when finally
the resolutions of protest came to
vote, sixty-eight unions favored their
adoption and six were opposed.
The New York Leaier says of the
affair:
They did this only because the matter
at issue was supported by men who diff
fer with them in their views or Labor
politics, who oppose the machine power
i'll the labor movement.
The disgrace which the heelers of this
machine have heaped upon themselves is
indelible. Their action, despicable as it
was, cannot hurt the cause they attempt
to cast slur on. II will only draw the
lines once for all between the true cham
pions of the Labor movement and those
who disgrace it,
During the debate George Block,
secretary of the Journeymen Bakers
National Union, said:
"When the Pinkerton thugs shot in
nocent workingmen who struck at the
Mccormick Reaper Works, | was aston
ished to see that the trades-unionists of
Chicago had not courage enough to pro-
test against this outrage. They were
terrified as was the New York Central
Labor Union when the Thesis boycott
ters were convicted. They lost their
sense of duty to such an extent that
they advised their secretary to destroy
the minutes for fear that some of them
might be tackled by the police.
"The Anarchists of Chicago had cour-
age enough TO call meeting to protest.
| 1t was peaceable meeting. | was not
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